HORNBACH Group successfully integrates sustainability strategy into Group
financing

EQS-News: HORNBACH Holding AG & Co. KGaA / Key word(s): Financing/ESG
HORNBACH Group successfully integrates sustainability strategy into Group
financing

28.05.2024 / 11:13 CET/CEST
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HORNBACH Group successfully integrates sustainability strategy into Group
financing

* Rendezvous clause effectively closed

  * ESG component added to existing syndicated loan of
    EUR 500 million

* Sustainability targets and financing costs directly linked in future

Bornheim (Palatinate), Germany, May 28, 2024.

The HORNBACH Group (HORNBACH Holding AG & Co. KGaA; ISIN: DE0006083405) has
successfully supplemented its existing syndicated loan with sustainability
components. The financing of EUR 500 million agreed in September 2022
included a rendezvous clause, which allows the credit margin to be
subsequently linked to specific ESG key performance indicators ('KPI's').

'Sustainability is one of the core requirements for our long-term success
and the future viability of the HORNBACH Group. I am very pleased with the
successful link of our Group financing and ESG strategy', commented Karin
Dohm, CFO of HORNBACH Management AG.

With the conclusion of the ESG supplementary agreement, the financing costs
of the syndicated loan are now also influenced by three ESG KPI's, which
reflect the Company's targets in CO2 reduction in its own operations,
product range and progress in increasing the proportion of female managers.
As a consequence, the financing is consistent with some of the key fields of
action of HORNBACH Group's sustainability strategy.

'Sustainability has become an important factor in our customer
relationships,' emphasized Tim Austrup, Head of Corporate Banking at Helaba.
'We are therefore delighted that we were able to play a key role in
supporting the HORNBACH Group in developing and structuring the ESG
component.'

A total of nine banks from Germany and abroad are involved in the syndicated
credit line, which will run for up to seven years. The structuring of the
sustainability component was supported by Helaba as ESG coordinator.

About HORNBACH Group

HORNBACH Group is an independent, family-run retail group under the umbrella
of HORNBACH Holding AG & Co. KGaA, which is listed on the Frankfurt Stock
Exchange and represented in the SDAX. The largest subsidiary, HORNBACH
Baumarkt AG, operates 171 DIY megastores with garden centers (incl.
specialist stores) and online shops in nine European countries. The Group
also includes HORNBACH Baustoff Union, a regional builders' merchant company
with 38 locations in southwestern Germany and France, as well as HORNBACH
Immobilien AG, which develops retail real estate for the Group. In the
financial year 2023/24 (reporting date: February 29, 2024), the HORNBACH
Group generated net sales of EUR 6.2 billion, making it one of the five
largest DIY and garden retail companies in Europe. The Group has a workforce
of around 25,000 employees.

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                             contacts
       Antje Kelbert Head of Investor           Anne Spies Senior Investor
   Relations Phone: +49 (0) 6348 / 60     Relations Manager Phone: +49 (0)
   2444 (1)antje.kelbert@hornbach.com                       6348 / 60 4558
     Christian Grether Head of Public           (1)anne.spies@hornbach.com
   Relations Phone: +49 (0) 6348 / 60            Maximilian Franz Investor
                                 2571     Relations Manager Phone: +49 (0)
    (2)christian.grether@hornbach.com                       6348 / 60 2071
                                   1.     (2)maximilian.franz@hornbach.com
    mailto:antje.kelbert@hornbach.com    1. mailto:anne.spies@hornbach.com
                                   2.                                   2.
   mailto:christian.grether@hornbach.    mailto:maximilian.franz@hornbach.
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   Language:       English
   Company:        HORNBACH Holding AG & Co. KGaA
                   Hornbachstraße 11
                   76879 Bornheim
                   Germany
   ISIN:           DE0006083405
   WKN:            608340
   Indices:        SDAX
   Listed:         Regulated Market in Frankfurt (Prime Standard);
                   Regulated Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf,
                   Hamburg, Hanover, Munich, Stuttgart, Tradegate Exchange
   EQS News ID:    1912403

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